Shutter-fastener



(No Model.)

L. WHITEHOUSE.

SHUTTER FASTENER.

No. 409,438. Patented Aug. 20

lll n] ATTORNEY llllllllli 0 0 l I I l I l W WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

LEXVIS lVHITEHOUSE, OF EASTON, MARYLAND.

SHUTTER- EASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,438, dated August 20, 1889. Application filed May 16, 1889. Serial No. 311,083. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Lewis WHIrEHoUsE, of Easton, in the county of Talbot and State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shutter Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a new and improved shutter-fastener, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is ahorizontal section of myimprovements' shown in operative position. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the shutter and the staple or catch. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3 3, Fig. 4;; and Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of the parts detached.

The same numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My new and improved shutter fastens automatieally when opened, and is unfastened from the inside of a room by pressing a knob in the Wall at one side of the window, as hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the several parts by their designating-numerals, 1 indicates a catch-plate, which is secured by two screws on the back of a shutter, my fastener being placed at the outer edge of a shutter and at any height that may be preferred by the party using them, they preferably being placed near the middle of the height ofthe shutter, as in this position they prevent any twisting of the shutter in a high wind, and are convenientto.

unfasten with one hand while closing the shutter with the other ateither the upper or lower end of the window.

2 indicates a plate, which is secured by four screws to the outside of thehouse. Through a slot 3 in this plate projects the hook 1, the hook end of which is beveled on the outer side of its point, where it strikes the catchplate 1, to push the hook back and cause it to automatically engage with the said plate. The hook-shank extends back through the slotted plate through a sleeve 5, which is inclined upward, as shown, making its inner end the highest, thus preventing rain, 850., from entering through the sleeve and rotting the wood, which might happen if the sleeve were level. At the inner end of this sleeve the hook is pivoted on a pivot-pin 6, and the inner end of the hook is bent at this point nearly at right angles, and formed at its inner free end with an aperture '7.

8 indicates a spiral spring, one end of which bears against the apertured end of the hook and the other end of which is seated in acupbearing E) on the back of the plate. This spring serves to hold the hook locked, holding the shutter fastened, while by seating it in the hollow cup 9 the end-of the rod 10 can enter the sprin To the wall of the room at the side of the window is secured by two screws a plate 11, the center of which is depressed to form a pocket 12, which fits in a recess in the wall. Through the center of this cup and through the wall passes a rod 10, the end 10 of which is threaded and passes through the aperture 7 of the inner hook end and enters the coiled spring 8, a nut 13 on this end of the rodbearing against the apertured end of the hook, and by turning this nut on the red the length of the rod can be adjusted to suit the thickness of the wall.

011 the threaded end of the rod is screwed a knob 14, which may be as ornamental as desired, and which fits in the pocket 12 of plate 11, a nut 15 preventing the rod being pulled out too far.

The operation of myinvention will be readily understood.

On opening the shutter the catch-plate 1 automatically engages the spring-actuated hook, while to unfasten the shutter it is only necessary to press the knob 14 with one hand, when the-shutter can be closed with the other hand.

The fasteners are made in rights and lefts for both shutters. By using my fastener the shutters can be hung on plain hinges, and will thus close far more easily than if the lock or gravity hinges were used, and can be closed by a child.

lVith my new and improved fastener there will be no broken hinges or shutters, as my fastener will hold the shutter firmly in any wind.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-= 1. In a slmttenfastener, the combination,

with a shutter catch-plate 1, of the centrallypivoted hook 4, having the apertured inner end, and the rod 10, extending through the Wall having the nut 13 on its inner end, and having its inner end passing through the apertured end of the hook, substantially as set forth.

2. In a shuttenfastener, the combination, with a shutter catch-plate 1, of the centrallypivoted spring-actuated hook 4, having the apertured inner end, and the rod 10, extending through the Wall, having the nut 13 on its inner end, and having its inner end passing through the apertured end of the hook, substantially as set forth.

3. The coinbination,with the shutter catchplate, of the slotted plate having an inwardly-projecting sleeve, the pivoted hook having the bent apertured inner end, the spiral spring, and cup-bearing, the plate formed with a central depression, and the operatingrod, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the shutter catchplate, of the slotted plate having the upwardly-inclined sleeve, the pivoted hook having the bent apertured inner end, the spiral spring and cup-bearing, the plate formed with the central depression, and the rod having the threaded ends, the knob, and the nuts, substantially as set forth.

LEVIS VHITEHOUSE. Vitn esses:

WV. E. STEWART, C. H. GoorER. 

